Tailor&#39;s measuring device.



G. s. TIFFANY.

TAILOBS MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1909.

932,649. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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- GEORGE.S;TIFFANY,1OE HUTCHINSON,:KANSAS.

.TAILORS MEASURING .Dnvren.

Specificatiomof Letters Patent.

Application filedfMarch 24, 1909. "Seria1"No.485;44=3.

To all whom it may concern:

paratus for use in tailoring and is more-especially designed for useas ameans for obtaining the slant of the shoulders and for accuratelyindicating any difference in the elevations of the shoulders of acustomer.

Heretofore, in taking the measurements of a person it has been ditlicultto accurately determine and indicate any variations in the slant of theshoulders of a customer and, as a result, it has'been found extremelydifficult to accurately fit slightly deformed'persons, especially whenthe cutters and fitters receive their orders by mail.

The object of the present inventionis to provide a simple form ofapparatus 'by means of which any variation in the slant of the shouldersof a eustomercan be accurately determined, the same apparatus being alsouseful for indicating the height of a' customer and the distance betweenthe shoulder points.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims,

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure l is a front elevation of measuring apparatusembodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig.3 is an enlarged view, partly in elevation and partly in section of oneof the sliding gages of the apparatus.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a baseor platform from which extends an extensible standard 2. It is to beunderstood of course that any suitable arrangement of graduations may beplaced upon the extensible standard 2, any suitable means, such as a setscrew 6, being utilized for holding the standard extended.

An opening 7 extends transversely through the upper member of standard 2and receives a stem 8 projecting radially from the middle portion of asemi-circular yoke 9. The standard 2 has a set screw 3 in its upper endthat extends thereinto and bears upon the stem. fArmslO are pivotallycon nected to and extend "from the ends of this yoke and are providedwith longitudinal slots 11. These arms are suitably graduated andslidably mounted upon each: of them is a gage strip 12' having atransverseopening 13 inthellower ends thereoffor thereception'of onev ofthearms 10. A set screw 14, or any other suitable clamping meansextendsthrough one wall of each of these openings 13. and is designed to bindupon thearm10 so. as to hold the gage stripin adjusted position upon thearm.

.An opening 15 extends longitudinally through the gage strips 12andregisters with a corresponding longitudinal groove 16in one face of thestrip, this opening constituting a guide-way for a spindle 17, the lowerend of which has .a foot 18. An index 19 extendsfrom the spindleandthrough the groove 16, saidindex cooperating with,.a series ofgraduations arranged upon one face ofithegage strip. A set screw 20 orvother suitable clamping device is arranged in one wall of the gage stripand serves to bind uponthe spindle17 so as to prevent move- .mentthereof.

;In using the apparatus herein described the person to be measuredstands upon the floor and closeto the standard 2, and said standard isadjusted vertically so as to bring the yoke.9 into position back of theneck with the arms 10. extending directly over the shoulders. It is ofcourse to be understood that the center of the yoke 9 is to be locateddirectly v at the back of the. neck at the collar button and the gagestrip 12 can then be adjusted along the arms 10 until the feet 18 of thespindles 17 are in position directly above the points of the shoulders.The graduations indicated on the arms 10 by the strips 12 will designatethe distances of the shoulder points from the center of the neck, and,by releasing the spindles 17 they will drop until the feet 18 rest uponthe points of the shoulders. The index 19 carried by these spindles willthus cooperate with the graduations on the strips 12 to indicate thedistances of the shoulder points from the horizontal line occupied bythe arms 10. Not

only can the two measurements referred to thus be obtained but the exactangle or slant of the shoulders can be readily determined by extending astraight edge from the foot 18 of each spindle to the center of theyoke.

To measure the height of the person the Patented Aug. 3 1 1T9 0-9.

yoke is adjusted vertically until it rests lightly upon the top of thehead.

By pivotally mounting the arms either can be swung forward should oneshoulder be farther to the front than the other. The

platform is designed to hold a person while i V being measured fortrousers. As the stem 8 is slidably mounted within the standard it willbe apparent that the neck-receiving yoke 9 can be adjusted forwardly orbackwardly so as to accurately indicate in inches and fractions thereofany forward incline of the neck and shoulders.

It is of course to be understood that various changes may be made in theconstruction and arrangement of the parts without departing from thespiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is r '1. Measuring apparatus of the class describedcomprising a supporting structure, a

neck-receiving yoke carried thereby, memupon the arms and cooperatingtherewith for indicating the distance between shoulder points, and meanscarried by each gage strip and cooperating therewith for indicating thedistance between a shoulder point and the pivoted arm.

3. Measuring apparatus of the class described comprising a supportingstructure, a neck-receiving yoke carried thereby, pivoted 7 armsextending from the yoke, gage strips slidably mounted on the arms,spindles slidable within and longitudinally of the gage strips, andcooperating means upon the spindls and gage strips for indicatingdistances between one end of the spindles and the gage strips.

4. Measuring apparatus of the class described comprising an adjustablestandard, a neck-receiving yoke removably mounted thereon, pivoted armsextending from the yoke, said arms being slotted longitudinally, gagestrips slidably mounted upon and extending perpendicularly to the arms,said strips cooperating to indicate the distance between shoulderpoints, spindles slidable longitudinally within the gage strips andextending through the slots in the arms, and cooperating means upon thespindles and gage strips for indicating the distances that the s aindlesproject beyond the gage strips.

5. easuring apparatus comprising a 1011- gitudinally extensiblestandard, a neck-receiving yoke removably mounted upon the standard,oppositely extending arms pivoted upon the yoke, and separate meanscarried by the arms for indicating the distance between shoulder pointsand the elevations of said points.

6. Measuring apparatus of the class described comprising a standard, aneck-receiving yoke removably mounted upon the standard, oppositelyextending arms upon the yoke, said arms being slotted longitudinally,gage strips slidably mounted upon the arms, spindles slidablelongitudinally Within the strips and extending through the slots, eachspindle having a foot at one end, means for locking the spindles againstmovement within the strips, and cooperating means upon the spindles andstrips for indicating the distances between the feet and the strips.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. TIFFANY.

Witnesses:

J. M. JORDAN, CHAS. S. FULTON.

